With the first set of UT Bredesen Center graduates set to receive their doctorates next week, students who will be in the next wave of graduates are already finding success. Andrew Lepore, working out of the Materials Science and Technology Division through the center, recently won a prestigious ORNL-related prize at the Next Big Idea
From extreme drought to super storms, many wonder what the future holds for the climate of the eastern United States. A study conducted Joshua Fu, a civil and environmental engineering professor, and Yang Gao, a graduate research assistant, does away with the guessing. Results show the region will be hotter and wetter.
From extreme drought to super storms, many wonder what the future holds for the climate of the eastern United States. A study conducted by researchers at UT does away with the guessing. Results show the region will be hotter and wetter. Joshua Fu, a civil and environmental engineering professor, and Yang Gao, a graduate research
The Knoxville News Sentinel featured a statewide middle school teacher professional development workshop called Tennessee STEM Leadership Academy. Tennessee Solar Conversion and Storage Using Outreach, Research, and Education (TN-SCORE) played a role in the academy through funding.
This weekend, UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek will join the likes of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in addressing the largest gathering of chief executive officers from universities around the world. The chancellor will be speaking at the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) Triennial conference, held every three years.
Three graduate students at UT Knoxville are recipients of the 2011 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.
This week, prospective students of the inaugural class of the UT/ORNL Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE) visited campus. CIRE will offer one of the country’s first interdisciplinary doctoral degrees in energy science and engineering and will train scientists to take on the world’s most challenging energy problems by working with teams of
A conference honoring Physics Professor Lee Riedinger will be held at The Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, Feb. 25-27. Riedinger is the director of the UTK/ORNL Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education which will open this August.
UT Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s new science and energy center has received program approval and named its first set of faculty members. The process for selecting its inaugural class of graduate students is now underway.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is launching the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, an academic unit that seeks to transform the energy industry in our country and the world, as well as the state and local economies.
UT Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have named physics professor Lee Riedinger as director of the UTK/ORNL Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education.